Abstract
In this work, the author has demonstrated cross-sectional imaging of a retina of an ex vivo fish sample using a common path frequency domain optical coherence tomography at 0.8 μm range. It has been introduced that an integrated surgical hypodermic needle fiber probe can stabilize the flexible glass optical fiber and provides a close proximity to the specimen for intraoperative image guiding. In addition, the light source characteristics were matched to the common path interferometer while operating in the aqueous medium (saline solution), in order to mimic the in vivo condition, in that it shows greater bandwidth and shorter center wavelength for larger input current or output power to sustain the appropriate level of coherence reference peak by the partial reflection at the glass fiber probe interface.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1895-1898 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Optik |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 Nov |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by WCU (World Class University) program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (R31-10008). This work was also supported in part by the NIH grants BRP 1R01 EB 007969-01. The author would like to thank Mr. Marcin Balicki and Dr. Iulian Iordachita for their help in fabricating the optical fiber probe.
Keywords
- Fiber probe
- Interferometry
- Optical imaging
- Tomography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering